Improvement in mosquito-net frames



JENNIE H. SPOFFORD.

MOSQUITO-NET FRAME.

Patented April 18, 1876.

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JENNIIE H. SPOFFORD, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN MOSQUITO-NET FRAMES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 176,370, dated April18, 1876; application filed March 15, L876.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JENNIE H. SPOFFORD, of Philadelphia, in the countyof Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Mosquito-Bars; and I do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains tomake and use it, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, whichform part of this specification.

My invention relates-to certain improvements in mosquito-bars; and itconsists, first, in the combination with a single upright bar, providedat its upper end with a sleeve, of two detachable rods, which aresecured within. the opposite ends of the sleeve; second, in thecombination, with an upright bar of a mosquito-frame, of one or morebrackets, to serve as a support for any desired article.

stead with my improved mosquito-bars applied thereto.

A A represent the upright bars of the frame, the lower end of said barsbeing-formed cylindrical, and secured to the head-board and footboard 13B by means of screw-rings a. Within the upper portion of the upright barA the slot 1) is made, and within the same the flange c of the sleeve 0isfirmly secured by means of screws or rivets d. D D are rods, ofsufficient length to slightly project over the sides of the bedsteadafter they are inserted in opposite ends of the sleeve 0.

The upright bar and sleeve may be formed of a single piece of wood ormetal, or the sleeve may be secured to the upright bar in any suitablemanner, without departing from the spirit of my invention.

Brackets E, one or more, are secured to or formed as a part of theupright bars A A, and serve to support any article desired to be placedwithin easy reach of an occupant of the bed, as medicines, goblet ofwater, vase of flowers, or any other like articles. The upright bar andbrackets are preferably made of various kinds of wood, to correspondwith any style of bedstead, and carved in any desired forms.

The upright bars may be made of a single bar or tube of metal, andbrackets secured to the same in an adjustable manner by collar andset-screw or a vase-holder, formed in any desired form, may be likewisesecured to the uprights.

Instead of a single upright bar at the head of the bedstead, twouprights may be secured, one to each end of the head-board, and a singlerod passed through and secured within sleeves attached to the tops ofthe uprights.

The bars D D, when in position, present, in connection with the sleeve,a smooth surface,

over which the gauze may be drawn and adjusted without any liability tocatch thereon, and when not in use the bars may be packed away incompact form.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination of the detachable rods DD with the upright bar A,provided with the sleeve 0, substantially as and for the purposespecified.

2. The combination, with the upright bar A, provided with one or morebrackets, E, of the sleeve 0 and detachable rods D-D, substantially asand for the purpose specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this11th day of March, 1876.

JENNIE H. SPOFFORD.

Witnesses:

ELIZABETH W. S'rILEs, JOSEPHINE 0. WHITE.

